RSS Tenacious was built by ST Marine Engineering company in Singapore in the late 2000s. Tenacious was commissioned on 5 February 2008.[1]
RSS Tenacious arrived at Pearl Harbor on 25 June 2018 for RIMPAC 2018, which took place from 27 June to 2 August 2018. During the RIMPAC exercise, RSS Tenacious successfully test fired her Harpoon missiles.[2] [3]
The Republic of Singapore Navy and the Royal Brunei Navy held an exercise which consists of RSS Tenacious,,,,, and . All Republic of Singapore Navy ships left on 7 November 2019.[4]
Singapore, India, and Thailand held a Naval exercise called SIMTEX on 11 October 2019. RSS Tenacious, HTMS Kraburi,,, and participated in the exercise.[5]
RSS Tenacious participated in Exercise Indopura 2021, together with the Indonesian Navy.[6]
RSS Tenacious led three other ships,,, and to participate in Exercise Pacific Griffin 2021, together with the United States Navy. The two month long exercise involved numerous assets, including 2 F15SG fighter jets to conduct a joint missile firing together with her sister ship RSS Stalwart. In addition, the participating ships conducted Aster missile firing and torpedo firing exercises.[7]
RSS Tenacious participated in Exercise MILAN, a multinational exercise involving more than 30 nations organised by the Indian Navy. During the sea phase, RSS Tenacious participated in air defence, gunnery, and anti-submarine warfare drills, together with the multinational task force.[8]
The ship also participated in the 31st edition of Singapore India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX) whose Harbour and Sea phase was conducted from 23 to 25 October 2024 and from 28 to 29 October 2024 at Visakhapatnam, India. Indian Navy's INS Shivalik was also a part of the exercise.[9]